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3956 – לָשׁוֹן (lashon)

tongue


Type:
Noun Noun
 
masc. ♂ masculine
 
Category:  Human  Human body  Mouth
Hebrew: לָשׁוֹן (lashon)
Pronunciation: la-shån    Listen
Gematria: 1036(30 + 300 + 6 + 700)    words with the same gematria
Origin: or לָשֹׁן also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה from H3960 (לָשַׁן)
Usage: 117 times in OT

Description

1) tongue
1a) tongue (of men)
1a1) tongue (literal)
1a2) tongue (organ of speech)
1b) language
1c) tongue (of animals)
1d) tongue (of fire)
1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)


Origin

or לָשֹׁן also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה from H3960 (לָשַׁן):

לָשַׁןlashanH3960to slander

Word root

Word with lashon as root:

לָשַׁןlashanH3960to slander

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word lashon was translated to the following:

ἄνθραξanthraxG0440coals of fire
γλῶσσαglossaG1100tongue
διάλεκτοςdialektosG1258tongue
φωνήphoneG5456voice

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state
Ncbsa-23
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state
Ncbsc-89
Noun Noun
♀ pl. feminine plural Absolute state
Ncfpa-2
Noun Noun
♀ pl. gen. feminine plural Construct state
Ncfpc-3


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References (117 occurances in 115 verses)




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